1. Find out the correct answer: 1x8=8
- Ethics is concerned with its subject matter as what they are/what they ought to be.
- Moral judgement is the cognitive element/volitional element of moral consciousness.
- According to Plato, wisdom/justice is the highest virtue.
- Moral statement is felling expressing according to emotivism/prescriptivism.
- The moral standard ‘greatest happiness of the greatest number’ is associated with egoism/altruism.
- The real object of moral judgement is motive/intention.
- ‘Categorical imperative’ is associated with Kant/Mill.
- “Tit for tat, eye for an eye’ should be the principle of punishment according to rigoristic retributive theory/mollified retributive theory.
2. Write short notes on any four of the following: 4x4=16
- Relation between ethics and psychology.
- Characteristics of moral sentiment.
- Four cardinal virtues of Plato.
- Metaethics.
- Immortality of the soul as one of the postulates of morality.
3. Answer the following questions:
- What is ethics? Explain its nature. 3+8=11
Or
Explain the relation of ethics to religion by referring three views in this context. 11
- What are the different theories of moral obligation? Examine Kant’s view of moral obligation. 3+8=11
Or
What are the different kinds of duty? Is there any conflict of duties from moral standpoint? Explain.
3+8=11
- What is the moral standard according to Hedonism? Explain and examine egoism as one of the forms of hedonism. 2+10=12
Or
Explain deontological ethics of Kant. 12
- Explain metaethical theory of G. E. Moore with special reference to his concept of naturalistic fallacy. 11
Or
Discuss the nature and scope of applied ethics. 5+6=11
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- What do you mean by postulate of ethics? Explain reason and personality as fundamental postulates of morality. 3+4+4=11
Or
What are the theories of punishment? Examine reformative theory of punishment. Does it support capital punishment? 3+6+2=11
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